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| Acrotaphus wiltii female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Tribe: | Ephialtini |
| Genus: | Acrotaphus Townes & Townes, 1960 |
Acrotaphus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about 26 described species in Acrotaphus. [1] [2] [3] [4] They are parasitoids of Araneidae and Tetragnathidae spider families. [5]
These 26 species belong to the genus Acrotaphus:
Data sources: i = ITIS, [8] c = Catalogue of Life, [1] g = GBIF, [2] b = Bugguide.net [3]
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